Free Devil Ash Disarray (Devil Ash Saga Book 3) by Mitchell Olson

“Sorry Aura, but you’re cutting into my time now.”
    “You’re a high spirited one, young man,” the Noble said. He took his place at the table while Aura rubbed the parts of him that stung as he slunk off to the waiting area to watch from the bench.
    With the distractions cleared up, Ash and Vashi took their seats across from each other at the gaming table for the last semi-final match.
    “Well met, boy,” said Vashi with an icy tone. He would not even meet Ash’s eyes directly. “I hope you can provide me with a sufficient challenge after all the unpleasantness involving that degenerate Draxler boy.”
    There was something familiar about Vashi’s tone when he said Aura’s last name. Few people in Hell referred to the death toucher by his last name. Ash felt an unshakable sense of déjà vu staring at the red bearded man.
    “The Noble Vashi Tansa, or the human Ash Kaplan,” Hakusho said. “Who will go on to the finals and face Lorin? We’re about to find out!”
     

Chapter Four: Vashi Tansa
     
    At the game table Vashi Tansa started the battle strong. He laid down several kingdom cards that boosted his army’s attack strength. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he had his strongest combatant on the battlefield on his first turn.
    “I’ll start my army with “Archdevil Asmodeus” and end my turn.”
    Man its gonna be hard beating his devil deck with my angel deck, Ash thought. Hard, but not impossible. I know his strategy and I know he prefers attacking to defending. I think I can get around that, but it’s going to be tricky.
    “I’ve got a few kingdom cards to lay down,” Ash said. "First, I'll play "Holy Barrier" which lowers the attack of non-angelic combatants. Then I'll start my army off by adding "Little Cherub". Your move."
    Vashi Tansa drew a card. "Your combatant is too weak," he said. "Even with that holy barrier I can defeat it. Watch me!"
    Go right ahead , Ash thought. I dare you.
    Vashi Tansa started his turn by drawing a card. With little to no thought about it he declared an attack. Ash smirked in response.
    "Right on schedule," he said. "I can't believe how predictable you are."
    " So ?" Vashi Tansa asked, unperturbed.
    "Oh, its nothing," Ash replied. "You killed it. Good job." He moved the fallen combatant to his cemetery pile. Vashi Tansa glared briefly at the boy, but still refused to lock eyes.
    "My turn," Ash said, drawing his card with a sly grin. He went about his turn playing a few more kingdom cards and then laid down a new combatant. "I play another Little Cherub."
    On his next turn Vashi Tansa played another powerful combatant, "Wicked Firestarter". Together with his archdevil the army was much stronger than Ash's. Feeling confident and thinking himself invincible, Vashi Tansa declared another attack. Even with the holy barrier in place his combatant army was too strong for the cherub.
    By now Ash had lost a sizable chunk of his kingdom points. With nothing good in his hand, he started his turn by drawing a new card. He was in luck. Ash played the crush card he just drew, “Life Recycle”, that added the attack points of his fallen combatants to his overall kingdom points. This provided him an extension of time to hopefully draw some more useful cards.
    "Quit stalling," he said. "Your entire deck is at a disadvantage here. You will lose."
    “You doubt the power of my angels?” Ash asked, skeptical.
    Vashi Tansa scoffed. “ Angels ,” he said. “Those bird-brains can’t even compare to the awesome strength of the devils. Everyone knows that. That’s why no one but you plays with an angel deck. Because angels are weak .”
    “Then I’ll just have to show everyone they’ve been wrong this whole time,” said Ash. “I’m guessing angel decks are about to become way more popular.” He could do nothing more, and ended his turn.
    It was Vashi Tansa’s turn and once again he added another powerful combatant, “Flaming Sword Juggler”, to his army. He declared an